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-RBA *Minnesota *Duluth/North Shore *November 10, 2005 *MNDU0511.10 -Birds mentioned
Hotline: Minnesota, Duluth/North Shore
Date: November 10, 2005
Sponsor: Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU)
Reports: (218) 834-2858
Compiler: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
Transcriber: Jim Lind (jslind@frontiernet.net)
This is the Duluth Birding Report for Thursday, November 10th, sponsored by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union.
A second-winter CALIFORNIA GULL was found by Mike Hendrickson and Tom Auer on Novemeber 5th on the Minnesota breakwall at the Superior Entry. It has not been relocated since. Mike and Tom also found two GLAUCOUS GULLS, and a first-winter THAYER'S GULL in the area. An adult THAYER'S GULL was seen by Kim Eckert in the Grand Marais harbor over the weekend. Deb and Steve Falkowski found a first-winter ICELAND GULL on the 7th on the dock at the end of Fish House Road in East Beaver Bay, about a half mile east of Lake County Road 4. The bird was also relocated on the 8th.
Deb and Steve also found a CATTLE EGRET at the Beaver Bay sewage ponds on the 7th, and Doug Keiser and Scott Meyer found two here on the 8th. Another CATTLE EGRET was seen in Knife River along Central Avenue on the 7th and 8th, and one was found by Ann Cox on the 4th through the 8th on private property off the Korkki Road, northeast of Duluth. Today, Ann saw what may be the same individual along the Homestead Road at the junction of the Shilhon Road, about 1.7 miles north of Highway 61.
A RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER was found on the 5th by Chuck Krulas in downtown Two Harbors near 4th Avenue and 2nd Street. Another was found in Jacobson in Aitkin County on the 5th and 6th by John Powers.
Bill Tefft found a female MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD on the 7th on the fence line near the airport entrance in Tower, St. Louis County. There is a secondhand report of a VARIED THRUSH being seen during the past week near Crane Lake in northern St. Louis County.
Mike Hendrickson and Tom Auer found SURF SCOTERS, WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS, and BLACK SCOTERS at Park Point on the 4th. Al and Nathan Schirmacher found SURF SCOTER and WHITE-WINGED SCOTERS in Two Harbors on the 6th, as well as a THAYER'S GULL at Knife River. A BLACK SCOTER was also seen at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors over the weekend. LONG-TAILED DUCKS were seen over the weekend at Stoney Point in St. Louis County and at the mouth of the Cascade River in Cook County.
The PACIFIC LOON originally found by Mike Hendrickson at Park Point at 31st Street was relocated on the 6th. The PACIFIC LOON at Burlington Bay in Two Harbors was relocated on the 5th. An AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN was seen on the 6th by Charlie Matsch at Grassy Point in west Duluth.
A female BLACK-BACKED WOODPECKER was still being seen as of the 5th along the pine woods trail at Hawk Ridge. Seventeen GOLDEN EAGLES were counted at the Ridge between the 6th and the 9th. Jan Green reported one today migrating with several BALD EAGLES near the corner of the Berquist Road and the Shilhon Road.
A late PHILADELPHIA VIREO was found on the 6th by Kim Eckert at the Naniboujou Lodge in Cook County. A late ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER was seen by Doug Keiser and Scott Meyer at Paradise Beach on the 7th. Doug and Scott also reported five BOREAL CHICKADEES on the Lima Mountain Road in Cook County, and several flocks of EVENING GROSBEAKS at feeders in the Isabella area. In the Sax-Zim Bog on the 8th they found a GREAT GRAY OWL along Owl Avenue (CR 203), 0.8 mile south of the Arkola Road (CR 52).
Another GREAT GRAY OWL was found on the 8th by Cathy Nelson along the Jean-Duluth Road near the Beyer Road. Bill Tefft reported a NORTHERN HAWK OWL at the south end of the Admiral Road (CR 788) near Zim on the 6th, and Rick Schroeder reported one on the 7th along County Road 7, just south of the Stone Lake Road (CR 319).
The next scheduled update of this report will be on Thursday, November 17th.
The telephone number of the Duluth Rare Bird Alert is 218-834-2858. Information about bird sightings may be left following the recorded message.
The Duluth Birding Report is sponsored and funded by the Minnesota Ornithologists' Union (MOU) as a service to its members. For more information on the MOU, either write us c/o the Bell Museum to mou@cbs.umn.edu, or visit the MOU web site at moumn.org.
